By the CNN Wire Staff February 7, 2011 4:34 p.m. EST Khartoum, Sudan (CNN) — Final results of last month’s referendum show an overwhelming majority of southern Sudanese voted to split from the north, a result that will lead to the creation of the world’s newest nation, the referendum commission said Monday. The chairman of the […]

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (CNN) — The International Criminal Court at the Hague issued an arrest warrant Wednesday for Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir for a five-year campaign of violence in Darfur. Al-Bashir is the first sitting head of state to be charged by the permanent war crimes court. Bashir is charged with seven counts of […]